In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon studies the hypothesis that Emmanuel Macron could draw inspiration from some of his predecessors who saw the summer period as an opportunity for change and its consequences for the government, with Erwan Bruckert and Eric Mandonnet, journalists in the political department of L’Express.
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The team: Xavier Yvon (presentation), Charlotte Baris (writing), Mathias Penguilly (editing) and Jules Krot (directing).
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Image credits: Jacques Witt/AFP
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Xavier Yvon: We are therefore in May, and like me, you may already be preparing your summer vacation… To go to France in the sun but far from the heat wave, to visit a European capital, or even to discover another continent… Besides Are you more from July or August? Or downright September?
In any case, there are those who have had their eyes turned towards July for exactly one month: these are the ministers, and especially the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne… On April 17, in a long-awaited speech, Emmanuel Macron spoke to try to close the sequence ‘reform of pensions’… (and) it especially seemed to announce a date for the end of the lease of the tenant of Matignon…
Emmanuel Macron: “We have 100 days ahead of us… of appeasement, unity, ambition and action in the service of France…”
Xavier Yvon: 100 days, and a first assessment on July 14…
Elisabeth Borne therefore no longer thinks of spending the winter but of surviving the summer… Especially since Emmanuel Macron’s preference is known: he is a Julyist, and he often takes advantage of the period for radical changes…
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